The rhythmic ticking sound began to ring in the corridor outside Murphy's office, indicating that someone was approaching. At the sound, Murphy, who was immersed in an old book, twitched his ears.
He had never heard this peculiar clacking of shoes against the floor before.
To be precise, he had not heard such identifiable sounds since he entered Transylvania; he used to hear them frequently when he was a mere corporate slave.
As the footsteps outside the door drew nearer, Murphy's expression grew increasingly strange.
He placed a bookmark in the ancient tome that Triss had specifically found for him, which discussed speculations of the "Pre-Era" from various schools across the Continent, then closed the book and placed it in a drawer. He then adopted his most standard serene posture as he looked toward the door.
